Minor in Theatre - Stars and Stardom on Stage and Screen THEA 2911   Stars and Stardom on Stage and Screen
CREDIT HOURS: 3
What makes a ‘star’ actor? How do stars’ gifts and idiosyncrasies interact with the possibilities of their media and with market forces to create celebrity? This course explores stage and screen stardom as historical, aesthetic, and economic phenomena that illuminate shifting constructions of beauty, class, gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity.
FORMAT:

• Lecture
• Discussion

CROSS-LISTING: FILM 2911.03